STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2299

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2762

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2762 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission and submit a report of any findings or recommendations to the Legislature.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that a financial and management audit of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission will help to confirm the best practices of the Commission and identify areas where the Commission can improve its operations.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2762 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair